| 751 | January 2 | Birth | 1905 – Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991) |
| 752 | January 2 | Birth | 1909 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (d. 2009) |
| 753 | January 2 | Birth | 1909 – Barry Goldwater, American general and politician (d. 1998) |
| 754 | January 2 | Birth | 1913 – Anna Lee, English actress (d. 2004) |
| 755 | January 2 | Birth | 1913 – Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer (d. 1992) |
| 756 | January 2 | Birth | 1914 – Kenny Clarke, American drummer and composer (d. 1985) |
| 757 | January 2 | Birth | 1914 – Noor Inayat Khan, Russian-English SOE agent (d. 1944) |
| 758 | January 2 | Birth | 1914 – Vivian Stuart, English physician and author (d. 1986) |
| 759 | January 2 | Birth | 1916 – Zypora Spaisman, Polish-American midwife and Yiddish stage actress/producer (d. 2002) |
| 760 | January 2 | Birth | 1917 – Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer (d. 2003) |
| 761 | January 2 | Birth | 1918 – Willi Graf, German activist (d. 1943) |
| 762 | January 2 | Birth | 1920 – Isaac Asimov, American chemist and author (d. 1992) |
| 763 | January 2 | Birth | 1921 – Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007) |
| 764 | January 2 | Birth | 1921 – Jan Slepian, American therapist and author |
| 765 | January 2 | Birth | 1923 – Rachel Waterhouse, English historian and author |
| 766 | January 2 | Birth | 1924 – Evgenios Spatharis, Greek puppeteer, actor, and director (d. 2009) |
| 767 | January 2 | Birth | 1925 – William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 2007) |
| 768 | January 2 | Birth | 1925 – Giacomo Furia, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 769 | January 2 | Birth | 1925 – Larry Harmon, American clown, actor, and producer (d. 2008) |
| 770 | January 2 | Birth | 1926 – Howard Caine, American actor (d. 1993) |
| 771 | January 2 | Birth | 1928 – Avie Bennett, Canadian businessman and philanthropist |
| 772 | January 2 | Birth | 1928 – Robert Goralski, American journalist and author (d. 1988) |
| 773 | January 2 | Birth | 1928 – Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese religious leader |
| 774 | January 2 | Birth | 1928 – Kate Molale, South African anti-Apartheid activist (d. 1980) |
| 775 | January 2 | Birth | 1929 – Lehri, Pakistani actor (d. 2012) |
| 776 | January 2 | Birth | 1930 – Julius La Rosa, American singer and actor |
| 777 | January 2 | Birth | 1931 – Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese politician 76th Prime Minister of Japan |
| 778 | January 2 | Birth | 1932 – Peter Redgrove, English poet, author, and playwright (d. 2003) |
| 779 | January 2 | Birth | 1932 – Richard Thorp, English actor (d. 2013) |
| 780 | January 2 | Birth | 1933 – Ed Casey, Australian banker and politician (d. 2006) |